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Businessman's killer could be charged soon

 

KILLED: Vicky Namdar.

Investigators believe that one of four persons under arrest is a key suspect in the gunning down of a West Coast Demerara businessman, amid growing concerns in the Muslim community that the crime situation is out of control.

Police Commissioner, Leroy Brumell said a cellular phone was found in possession of one of the suspects. ‘I can go a little further to say that one of the phones missing was there was discovered on somebody. We have arrested that person and I’m sure that we’ll get somewhere with that,” he told a news conference at the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Also held is the driver of a car who crime sleuths believed was used by the bandits after killing 27-year old Zulfikar “Vicky” Namdar on the night of September 11 in his shop at 76 Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara. The car has been also impounded.

The Police Commissioner said someone, who had previously threatened Namdar, was also arrested, leading investigators to work on the theory that it was a “hit”. “It appears to be to us a hit because the information that we gather is that the men came in firing. The deceased was shot early,” he said.

The gunmen grabbed a bag from his battered mother containing important documents and at least GUY$1 million in cash.

An autopsy has revealed that a single bullet entered Namdar’s throat and severely damaged a number of organs.

Namdar’s killing has sent shockwaves throughout the Muslim community, first prompting the President of the Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG), Fazil Ferouz to express concern about the escalating crime rate and urge that the police do more to arrest the situation.

His concern was Thursday echoed by the Muslim Youth Organisation (MYO) that called on all stakeholders including government, opposition and human rights organisations to “unequivocally reject the recent assault on citizens by criminals.” The MYO believes that the spate of crime is orchestrated and resembles the 2002-2006 period in which gangs had robbed, killed and kidnapped hundreds of persons.

“We note that the recent upsurge in criminality bears a sinister likeness in the modus operandi of the 2002/2003 crime wave where efforts were made to destabilize our country. Guyana belongs to all of us; these criminals share a violent, hate-fuelled desire for conflict and war, and we should not allow them to tear our country apart,” states the MYO.

While the Police Commissioner said there was no evidence of gangs, he said efforts were being made to beef up intelligence.

Home Affairs Minister said efforts would be made to improve intelligence-gathering by  phone-tapping and increased payments to informants.

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Originally Posted by Sheik101:
I would hope they got the right person(s) this time around instead of some poor sap to throw under the bus to appease the powers that be.

Was thinking the same thing. With CIOG involved and Irfat connection with the family.

Pointblank
Originally Posted by Sheik101:
I would hope they got the right person(s) this time around instead of some poor sap to throw under the bus to appease the powers that be.

Man rest yuh Rass and let the Police do their work!!!!!

Nehru

 

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Home Affairs Minister said efforts would be made to improve intelligence-gathering by  phone-tapping and increased payments to informants.





 

Oh no! Oh no! PPP infringing on the rights of the poor people. When will demonstration start?  

FM

Meten-Meer-Zorg robbery/murder…

Stolen phone found on suspect

September 13, 2013 | By | Filed Under News 

 

Commissioner of Police Leroy Brumell said yesterday that the murder of Meten-Meer-Zorg grocer Zulficar Namdar “appears to be a hit” and investigators have detained four suspects and impounded a car that the killers may have used.
“It appears to us to be a hit, because the information that we got is that the men came in firing. The deceased was shot early…” the Commissioner said, while fielding questions from journalists at the Ministry of Home Affairs

Zulficar ‘Vicky’ Namdar

Zulficar ‘Vicky’ Namdar

boardroom.
Reassuring that investigators were “working assiduously,” Brumell also revealed that an individual who had allegedly threatened Namdar was among those detained. Another suspect who was held with a phone that was stolen during the robbery is also in custody.
“So far we have arrested four persons. I can go so far as to say that one of the phones missing from there (the crime scene) was discovered on somebody. We have arrested that person. I am sure that we will get somewhere with that. It is alleged that a car that was used, or was seen the night, which two persons got into… we have arrested the driver and we have that car There is also another person where it is alleged that threats were issued to the deceased. We have that person in custody.
“We are working assiduously. We want to let the Guyanese public know we are trying our utmost. We are trying as hard as we can to solve this matter.”
Kaieteur News was told that an in-law of the slain man is among those taken into custody on Wednesday and yesterday. Police have received information that the in-law had threatened Namdar over a financial dispute involving the victim and some of the in-law’s relatives.
However, a police source stressed that investigators have not ruled out robbery as a primary motive.
This newspaper was told that two of the suspects have prior convictions for armed robbery. Investigators have swabbed the hands of the detained individuals for traces of gunpowder residue and are awaiting results.
Zulficar ‘Vicky’ Namdar, 25, was shot once to his upper body after heavily-armed and masked gunmen invaded the family’s Lot 76 Third Street Meten–Meer–Zorg home on Tuesday night.
The gunmen reportedly tried to shoot Namdar a second time, but instead wounded his 17-year-old employee Stephen Mohamed. He was shot in the left thigh. Police said that shells recovered at the scene revealed that some of the gunmen were carrying assault rifles.
Mohamed said that Namdar was preparing to give a customer his change when one of the gunmen ordered the occupants of the grocery store to remain still. The bandit then ordered two of Namdar’s friends to lie on the ground and hand over their cell phones.
According to Mohamed, his employer was about to put the change back in a drawer when the gunman shot him.
While two of the gunmen manned the narrow street in front of the Namdars, two remained in the shop area with Namdar’s friends still face down on the ground.  Two more entered the yard, where they met Namdar’s mother, 48-year-old Fazila Namdar and Carlo Ussuf, another one of the family’s employees.
According to Mohamed, some of the masked gunmen then went to Ussuf. They apparently mistook him for Zulficar Namdar’s father, Goolzar Namdar, and repeatedly demanded to know “wheh the money deh.”
He was saved when an undisclosed sum of cash, jewellery, passports and other documents were handed over.
Fifty-year-old Goolzar Namdar, a popular Commissioner of Oaths in the West Demerara area and the Regional Vice President of the Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG) said that the bandits made off with more than $1M in charity and orphan money. They also took jewellery and important documents.
The senior Namdar said that he was preparing for the last prayer of the day, according to Muslim custom, when he heard the commotion in the yard. He said he remained calm and did not give away his position, but was gravely concerned about his grandson who was running around asking for him.
Mr. Namdar was still unaware that his son had been shot. He told Kaieteur News that he is a licenced firearm holder, but that his weapon was in the upper flat.
Kaieteur News has confirmed that Zulficar Namdar, called ‘Vicky’, was charged in December 2008 for causing the death of eight-year-old Alecia Forrester.
It was alleged that the child and her mother and stepfather were crossing Kidram Street, Vreed-en-Hoop on December 28, 2008, when a car, driven by Namdar, struck Forrester.  The child was pronounced dead on arrival at the West Demerara Regional Hospital. Her stepfather was hospitalized with injuries to his shoulder.
It was alleged that Namdar drove past the Leonora Police Station. He was eventually apprehended at a police road-block at Den Amstel, West Coast Demerara.
He was charged with causing death by dangerous driving and failing to stop at the scene of an accident.
Namdar was released on $150,000 bail.
According to the dead child’s grandmother, some of Namdar’s relatives visited her home shortly after the tragedy and offered them assistance with the funeral. She said that although she turned them away, the relatives returned after Forrester’s stepfather was released from hospital.
However, she said that the driver’s relatives returned and offered the bereaved family a $600,000 financial settlement. The child’s mother said that they accompanied the family to a Charlotte Street building, where a female attorney drafted the documents for the settlement.
The woman said that a Magistrate was then informed of the agreement and the causing death charge was dropped.

FM

Quote "There is also another person where it is alleged that threats were issued to the deceased. We have that person in custody." unquote

 

Quote "Kaieteur News was told that an in-law of the slain man is among those taken into custody on Wednesday and yesterday. Police have received information that the in-law had threatened Namdar over a financial dispute involving the victim and some of the in-law’s relatives.

 

Interesting angle

 

 

FM
Originally Posted by Nehru:
Originally Posted by Sheik101:
I would hope they got the right person(s) this time around instead of some poor sap to throw under the bus to appease the powers that be.

Man rest yuh Rass and let the Police do their work!!!!!

What wuk Nerhu when dem guh arrest Sat Sawh  or Vic Puran  or  dem Berbicians murderers?

 

 

DE olice only interested in Fried rice and towel

 

The only way any action is taken is if the victim is connected to the  PPP

Pointblank
Originally Posted by Pointblank:
Originally Posted by Nehru:
Originally Posted by Sheik101:
I would hope they got the right person(s) this time around instead of some poor sap to throw under the bus to appease the powers that be.

Man rest yuh Rass and let the Police do their work!!!!!

What wuk Nerhu when dem guh arrest Sat Sawh  or Vic Puran  or  dem Berbice Business people murderers?

 

 

DE olice only interested in Fried rice and towel

 

The only way any action is taken is if the victim is connected to the  PPP


I was told that this fella is related to ED.

Mitwah
Originally Posted by Mitwah:
Originally Posted by Pointblank:
Originally Posted by Nehru:
Originally Posted by Sheik101:
I would hope they got the right person(s) this time around instead of some poor sap to throw under the bus to appease the powers that be.

Man rest yuh Rass and let the Police do their work!!!!!

What wuk Nerhu when dem guh arrest Sat Sawh  or Vic Puran  or  dem Berbice Business people murderers?

 

 

DE olice only interested in Fried rice and towel

 

The only way any action is taken is if the victim is connected to the  PPP


I was told that this fella is related to ED.

Could be they from the same area

Pointblank

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